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Broncos-Chargers: Week 10 Inside The Numbers

The (7-1) Denver Broncos travel West this Sunday to meet the (4-4) San Diego Chargers for the 107th time in their history. The game will be Broadcast on CBS for the 2:25 MT kickoff. The Good News? Dan Fouts won’t be announcing the game. The Bad News? Jim Nantz and Phil Simms are.

Here is a look Inside the Numbers.

COACHES VS. OPP……..Del Rio: 2-3……………………….McCoy: 0-0

OFFENSE

Broncos………………………………Chargers

POINTS……………………….42.9 (1st)……………………………24.0 (15th)

TOTAL YARDS……………466.4 (1st)………………………….403.8 (6th)

PASSING YARDS………..358.5 (1st)………………………….300.0 (4th)

RUSHING YARDS……….107.9 (17th)……………………….103.8 (20th)

YARDS PER PLAY……….6.4 (1st)………………………………6.2 (4th)

3rd Down Conversions….50.5% (1st)………………………47.9% (2nd)

4th Down Conversions….4/4…………………………………..2/3 (67%)

Red Zone TD Pct………….78.4% (1st)……………………….51.7% (20th)

T.O.P. AVG…………………..30:34………………………………..31:59

FUMBLES/LOST………….18/11………………………………….6/5

SACKS ALLOWED………..11 (3rd)…………………………….12 (4th)

INTERCEPTIONS…………6 (T-5th)……………………………7 (T-12th)

GIVEAWAYS……………….17 (T-26th)………………………..12 (T-11th)

DEFENSE

Broncos………………………………Chargers

POINTS……………………….27.2 (25th)………………………….21.8 (11th)

YARDS………………………..380.6 (24th)……………………….393.8 (28th)

PASSING YARDS…………299.1 (30th)………………………..275.4 (27th)

RUSHING YARDS………..81.5 (3rd)……………………………118.4 (24th)

YARDS PER PLAY……….5.6 (22nd)……………………………6.4 (32nd)

3rd Down Conversions…37.5% (T-13th)………………….42.3% (27th)

4th Down Conversions….0/6 …………………………………..3/7 (43%)

Red Zone TD Pct………….61.3% (24th)………………………54.6% (12th)

SACKS………………………..22 (T-17th)………………………….20 (T-21st)

INTERCEPTIONS…………13 (T-1st)…………………………….4 (T-27th)

TURNOVER RATIO……..-1 (T-18th)………………………….-7 (T-26th)

TAKEAWAYS………………16 (T-8th)…………………………….5 (T-31st)

SPECIAL TEAMS

Broncos………………Chargers

Punts-Avg Yards (Gross)………..45.2…………………..43.4

Punts-Avg Yards (Net)……………40.2…………………..40.5

Punt Returns-Avg………………….11.5…………………….7.6

Punt Returns-Avg Allowed…….10.9……………………8.1

Kick Returns-Avg……………………30.2…………………..23.5

Kick Returns-Avg Allowed……..24.6…………………..25.2

Field Goals Made/Attempted….12/12…………………15/17

PENALTIES

Penalties Against/Yards……………………..55/504………48/396

Opponent Penalties Against/Yards…….50/408……….58/522

DENVER

The Broncos (343) have the most points ever by a team through eight games and are on target (686) for the most points in a season in NFL history (New England, 589 in 2007)

Four-time MVP QB PEYTON MANNING has an NFL-best in passing yards (2,919) and touchdowns (29) this season. Manning is on pace for the most passing yards (5,838) and TD passes (58) in a single season in NFL history.

WR WES WELKER (50; 100) is on pace to become the first player in NFL history with six 100-catch seasons. Welker (nine) needs six Touchdown catches for the most TD catches in a season in club history (ANTHONY MILLER, 14).

SAN DIEGO

QB PHILIP RIVERS has 2,473 passing yards and is on pace (4,946) to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN FOUTS (4,802 in 1981) for the most passing yards in a season in franchise history.

Rivers currently has the 2nd-most career passing yards (30,364) and Touchdown passes (206) in Chargers annals, trailing only Fouts (43,040 yards, 254 TDs).

TE ANTONIO GATES (8,871), needs 333 receiving yards to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer CHARLIE JOINER (9,203) for the 2nd-most career receiving yards in club history.

Rookie WR KEENAN ALLEN leads NFL rookies with 527 receiving yards and can challenge for the most receiving yards by a Chargers rookie (JOHN JEFFERSON, 1,001 in 1978).

The Broncos lead the series 57-48-1 and have won the last three. San Diego has won 9 of the past 14 games and are 32-21 at home against Denver. The last time these two teams met was 11/18/12. The Broncos won 30-23. QB Peyton Manning threw for 270 yards & 3 TDs. Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas had 3 catches for 42 yards and a TD.

The last game in San Diego was 10/15/12. The Broncos prevailed 35-24. Peyton Manning engineers comeback from 24-0 deficit, passing for 309 yards & 3 TDs for 129.0 passer rating and Chris Harris had two Interceptions, including a game-capping 46 yard Pick Six.

The odds are holding fast with Denver as the 7 point favorite. but division games usually transcend that.